Avro 618 Ten, 619 Five, 624 Six and 642
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Produced Variants
Type 618 Ten Licence built version
of the Fokker F.VII/3m high wing airliner. The designation 'Ten' was adopted as the aircraft was capable of carrying two
crew and eight passengers. Three 240 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Lynx IVB powerplants.
Type 619 Five Five seat scaled down version of the Type 618. Three 105 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley
Genet Major powerplants. Type 624 Six Slightly larger variant of the Type 619 for two pilots plus four passengers. Three 105 h.p. Armstrong
Siddeley Genet Major powerplants.
Type 642/2m Two crew, 16 passenger
airliner based on the Type 618 with a new, larger fabric-covered welded steel fuselage, a modified Type 618 wing moved
to the shoulder position, with the nose powerplant deleted and two 450 h.p. Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar VID powerplants
mounted on the wing. Type 642/4m As Type 642/2m to meet Specification 11/30. Four wing mounted 215 h.p. Armstrong
Siddeley Lynx IVC powerplants.
Projected Variants
Type 655 Day bomber
development of the Type 642/2m. Two Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar powerplants.
C/n
Initial Registration
Notes
14
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, between 1929 and 1931. 229 VH-UMH
To
Australian National Airways Ltd as 'Southern Sky'.
230 VH-UMG To Australian National Airways Ltd
as 'Southern Star'. 231
VH-UMI
To
Australian National Airways Ltd as 'Southern Moon'. Rebuilt February 1933 as VH-UXX 'Faith in Australia', c/n 1A.
241 VH-UMF
Registered
G-AADM for test flying at Woodford. To Australian National Airways Ltd as 'Southern Cloud'. 371 VH-UNJ
To
Queensland Air Navigation Co. Ltd. 384
G-AASP
To
Imperial Airways Ltd., Cairo. Named 'Achilles'. 388 VH-UNA To Australian National Airways Ltd
as 'Southern Sun'. 468
VH-UPI
To
Queensland Air Navigation Co. Ltd. 524
VT-ACT
To
Indian State Airways. 525
G-ABSP
Ferry
registration. Delivered to the Egyptian Army Air Force (See Military Table). 526 G-ABSR
Ferry
registration. Delivered to the Egyptian Army Air Force (See Military Table). 527 G-ACGF
To
Midland and Scottish Air Ferries Ltd. 528 G-ABLU To Imperial Airways.
none
To
Air Ministry for radio experiments (See Military Table).
Total Production
14
Aircraft Delivered As Military
Serial Range
C/n
Batch
Qty
Conv.
Canc'd
Notes
2
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, for the Egyptian Army Air Force. Delivered January,
1932. F200
- F201 525-526 2
F201 to Indian National Airways September
1934 as VT-AFX. 1 aircraft
ordered from A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, to contract 164779/32. Delivered July, 1936.
K2682
1
Built
to Works Order 3302. Total Production
3
C/n
Initial Registration
Notes
4
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, between 1929 and 1930.
228 VP-KAE
To
Wilson Airways Ltd named 'Knights of the Grail' 370 VH-UNK To Queensland Air Navigation Co. Ltd.
383 G-AASO
Initially
retained by A.V. Roe as demonstrator. To Wilson Airways Ltd as VP-KAH, operated in British marks, since the Kenyan registration
not taken up. 436
VP-KAD
To
Wilson Airways Ltd named 'Knight Errant' 2
aircraft converted from Type 624 Six. 457 G-AAYR Converted in 1931. To China via Hong
Kong as VR-HAQ September 1931. 458
G-ABBY
Converted
in 1933 for AST Ltd. Total Production (New Built) 4
Total
Conversions (2)
C/n
Initial Registration
Notes
3
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, between 1929 and 1930.
457 G-AAYR
Converted
to Type 619 Five in 1931. 458
G-ABBY
Converted
to Type 619 Five. 575
VR-HBF
To
Far East Aviation Co Ltd; sold to China. Total Production 3
C/n
Initial Registration
Notes
1 aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton
Heath, Manchester, built in late 1933. 642 G-ACFV To Midland and Scottish Air Ferries
Ltd. To W.R. Carpenter Ltd, N.G., as VH-UXD September 1936.
Total Production
1
C/n
Initial Registration
Notes
1
aircraft built by A.V. Roe & Co. Ltd., Newton Heath, Manchester, built in late 1934. 773 VT-AFM
To
Indian Government, named 'Star of India'. Impressed into RAF as L9166. Total Production 1
Type
Built New
Conv.
Canc'd
Total
Type 618 Ten
14
14
Type 619 Five
4
(2)
6
Type 624 Six
3
3
Type 642/2m
1
1
Type 642/4m
1
1
23
(2)
0
Production References Avro Aircraft
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